Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-14

five wembers 81 me Grew ~ Ehe
Bark Each TaEbsa saw the shfp
etnk Beneafa The Waves
Ever sinse thu storm % the soss1 Of
vaneouvsE's Island On April lst. in
witch the bark II Dorado foundersd
and ths schooner Chsnpion vas
wrecked, much apprshensinn has been
felt here for the safety Of the snip 81
Stephen. Captain DoagIas. which sailed
from Seattle with 2ie9 tons Of coal en-
March slst, and vas let go BY the tug
M0aul Of Cape FIaffeFy ct II Q. N. She
was tbsn 10 company with the 2 Dor
ado. This apprehension has been II
leusi6e4 and the fears Of her loss
greatly increased by late Develops erts.
which lsays little doubt that the ship So
Stephea foanders1 a 50 With all on
bard.
Captain MeNaiI. Of tbs bark Esosb
Alb0t, nov 10 this part, sid 10 Posi-
fETKLLE8KscER reporter yesterday:
About 10 Q. n, ApFil isi. daring the
terrible storm, saw . three skysaii
yard ship. ab0ut , yards from u.s. with
heavy lies 80 leeWsFd, apparently cargo
shifted / vas too basy looking oat for
my own vessel 70 pay much attention 20
anything else. tks1ght Il vas the
Eyanhoe or Sc. Stephen. Soou after this
i've OF my men, vhs bad been aioft,
rushed eft 10 me aud said they bad
SEES THE sHIP 90 down.
And wanted me TO render assistance.
Being next door to distress ourselves,
Ne cOuld do nothing At that time. We
we're sken ten miles south Of Cape Beei.
Ten or fifteen inmates later the weather
cleared 10, and there was no vessel in
sight sxeept q schooner. Ny men are
positive they saw the vessel sink BE-
meath the waves. wrote this state
ment 10 my owners in San Francisco
Immediately upon my arrival In the
sound. am certain the vessel ailude
10 is lost, bat whether u is the 81.
Stephen or not ] Of course cannot say.
She was the only three skysail yard
ship. excapt the Ivanhoe, In these parts
ct that time. and as the Ivaahoe Il all
right, uaust eonclade IL vas the st.
Stephen"
Captain Douglas had bis wife and
daughter Sith him on the ship, and
during their stay In this pert they made
host Of warm friends, who will be
panied 10 read this confirmation Of the
fears expressed in these columns re-
gardinR the ship Sc. stephen at the
time Of the loas Of the bark FL Dorado.
A number of kilograms we're received
At this office yesterday from San FfaH-
cisco inquiring about the reported loss
OF the vessel.
Daring bis last trip hsre Captain
William 4. DOueiss became very much
PLEASED WITH SEATTLE
And made up his mind TO locate bis
family here. Accordingly be aad his
wife selected two beautiful, slightly lots
on the corner OF Fourth and Virginia
streets. which they purchased, and on
which they expected to erect hand
some residence sOoa.
Toe Sc. Stephen was one Of the
staunchest and most seawoFthy ships
that has ever run 70 Seattle and she vas
commanded Thy most skilfBll nAyiga-
tor. Il Is supposed she was caught ID the
squAll and thrown on her beam ends.
ghen the cargo shifted and she could
not right. Being heavily loaded with
coal she soon filed and sank beneath
the waves with all on board, some TWEEN
~ souls, all told.
Mr. Bell Of the Oregon Improvement
Company, states that she was not load
ed to her fullest capacity but that she
could have taken $50 tons more coal
than she did. The coal belonged to the
Oregon Improvement Company and
was insared. Whether the vessel Vas
insured OF not We we're unable 10 learn.
Captain Carter, Of the lvanhOe, says
that no blame should attach to Captain
Mcneil, OF the Ea0oh Talbot, for MOI
attempting 10 render the ST. Stephen
assistance. II WAS out ia that storm
April lat aud shall never forget 70 ss
long as live. tell you We all had our
hands full looking out flr our own YES
sells and ourselves. and h8d Captain Mo
Neil attempted TO do other than he did
do, his vessel would doubtless have saf
feFed tbe fate Of the 81. Stephen"
DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.
The register OF the American Ship
masters Association gives the following
description of this vessel: 81. Stephen;
Wn. 4 Douglas master; ship; Amer
ieAn; length, aS 5 feet; brt adtb, 40 5;
de 9th. 237; battling port, Nes York;
1892 tons; built Of Bath. Me-. 1871. by
Chapman 4 Flint; owner, BsBj. Flint,
New York; sixth olsss.
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